Support and cutter



H. M.THOMA-S AND FOGEL.

, APPLICATION Fl ,1921- 1,424,050, Patented July 25, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25., 1922.

Application filed January 3, 1921. Serial No. 434,659.

To all whom may concern) Be it known that we, Hocignnv M. THOMAS andMARTIN Foenn, both citizens of the United States, and residents of thecity of New York, borough of Manhattan, county of New York, and State ofNew York, and citvof New York, borough of Bronx, county ofNew York, andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Support and Cutter,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

Our invention relates to a support and cutter to be associatedtherewith, and aims to provide certain improvements over the structureembodied in the application to l-loclrley M. Thomas, Serial #422250,filed November 6, 1920, in that it primarily aims to provide adevice ofthis-nature which shall be capable of being more readily associated witha roll of material, where the space existent between the upper edge'ofthe roll andtheceilinp; is somewhat limited. v

A further object of our invention includes the provision of a device ofthe nature-specified which shall be extremely simple in construction,and hence permit of its being manufactured at an extremely low figure.

A still further object of our invention is the provision of. a supportand cutting device which shall engage the material to be cut in a novelmanner.

Further objects ofour invention will appear in the annexed specificationand drawinns, which latter presentone practical embodiment of ourinvention, and in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a supporting device constructed inaccordance with our invention, and shown as applied to the material tobe out,

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of Figure 1 taken alon thelineand in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a plan view of one ofthe details of construction, and

Figure 4 side view thereof.

In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the material to be cut,which rests upon any suitable supporting surface 6, and to which ourimproved support and cutting device is applied;

Reference being had to Figure 1, it will be appreciated that our devicepreferably includesa baseportion 7 bearing with its under face upon thesurface 6.

A supporting element preferably including a pair of columns or rods 8has its lower end secured to the base 7 and extends upwardly therefromterminating in a head 9, connecting the upper ends of the columns 8 one:to the other.

Now with a view of providing suitable means serving to engage thematerial 5, a bracket is secured to the head 9, and in the formillustrated, it will {be noted that this bracket includes a pair of arms10 having the outer ends bent downwardly, as at 11, and terminating in apair of suitable clamping elements 12 adapted to engage the .material 5at a point adjacent the upper edge of the same.

It will be obvious that the clamping elements 12 lie in a plane abovethe supporting surface 6, equal to that in which the up per edge of thematerial 5 extends, and it will thus be obvious that the material 5 willbe held in the manner illustrated in Figure 1, i.' e. in a position atwhich its lower edge rests upon the surfaceG, its body being held in astraight line, and retained in this position by means of the clampingelements 12.

Now with a view of-providing suitable cutting means, we convenientlyemploy a traveler 13 slidably mounted upon the sup porting elements 8,and adapted-to be moved longitudinal of the same by any suitable meanssuch as a hand piece 14- secured to the traveler 13.

To provide a suitable cutting element, we utilize a pair of rotatableblades 15. An arm 16 has one of its ends secured to the traveler andits-opposite end supports a member 17 providing a mounting for theblades 15. It is to be noted, however, that the member 17 includes ashoulder 18 in line with the cutting edges of the blades 15, and overlyingthe same so that uponthe traveler 13 beingdepressed, it will beobvious that a severance of the material '5 will beefl'ected, whichmaterial will be depressed laterally by means of the shoulder 18 forminga part of the member 17 ,so-that the material will be spread as it isout without friction or hindrance.

It will be appreciated that this cutting action may be continued, and itwillbe seen that by virtue of the fact thatthe material 5 is properlyretained, that a straight out will be permitted, thus avoiding-anywasteage of material, aside-from the fact that by means or" theconstruction provided, it will not be necessary to manipulate thesupport to any appreciable extent, in that it will only be incumbentupon the operator to move the entire device to a point at which it liesad j acent one of the faces of the material 5 to be out, subsequent towhich the clamping elements 12 may be manipulated to firmly secure allof the parts in proper position.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resortedto Without in the least departing from the spirit of our invention,which we claim as;

1.. A. supporting device for material ada pted to lie in a verticalplane, including a base, a column extending upwardly from said base, atraveler slidably mounted upon said column, cutting means for saidmaterial secured to said traveler and means connecting said column withthe material to be cut at a point adjacent the upper edge of the latter.

2. A. supporting device for material adapted to lie in a vertical planeincluding a base, adapted to rest upon the material supporting surface,a pair of columns secured to said base and extending upwardly therefrom,said columns being adapted to lie adjacent one of th side faces of thematerial to be cut, a traveler slidably mounted upon said columns acutter attached to said travel or and means connecting said column withthe material to be cut at a point adjacent the upper edge of the latter.

3. A supporting device for material adapted to lie in a vertical plansincluding a base, a pair of columns secured to said base and extendingupwardly therefrom, said columns being adapted to lie adjacent one ofthe side faces of the material to be cut, a traveler slidably mountedupon said columns, an arm secured to said traveler and extendingoutwardly therefrom, pair of rotatable cutters secured to said arm.

4-. A supporting device for material adapted to lie in a vertical planeincluding a base, a pair of columns secured to said base and extendingupwardly therefrom, said columns bein adapted to lie adj acent one ofthe side faces of the material to be cut, a traveler slidably mountedupon said columns. an arm secured to said traveler and extending outwardly therefrom, a pair of rotatable cutters secured to said arm, saidarm being termed with a notch at a point in line with the cuttingcontact of said cutter.

A supporting and cutting device for material including a base, a columnextending upwardly from said base, arms secured adjacent the upper endof said column, material retaining means associated with the ends ofsaid arms, and cutter movably mounted upon said column, said means beingadapted to engage the material to be cut adj acent the upper edge of thelatter.

6. A material supporting cutting device including a base, a columnextending upwardly from said base and being adapted to extend beyond oneof the side edges of the matcrial to be cut, a traveler slidably mountedupon said column, a hand piece secured adjacent one of the ends of saidtraveler and extending beyond the same, a supporting member securedadjacent the opposite end of said traveler, and also extending beyondthis end portion, cutters associated with said supporting member andmeans connecting said column with the material to be cut at a pointadjacent the upper edge 01" the latter.

7. A material supporting and cutting device including a base, a columnextending upwardly from said base, arms attached ad jacent the upper endof said column, said arms being formed with downwardly; bent endportions, clamps secured adjacent the outer parts of said end portion,and a cutter movably mounted upon said column.

8. A material supporting and cutting device including a base, a columnextending upwardly from said base and being adapted to extend beyond oneof the side edges of the material to be cut, a traveler slidably mountedupon said column, a hand piece secured adjacent one of the ends of saidtraveler and extending beyond the same, asupporting member securedadjacent the opposite end of said traveler, and also extending beyondthis end portion and cutters associated with opposite side edges of saidsupporting member and means connecting said column with the material tobe cut at a point adjacent the upper edge of the latter.

9. A material supporting and cutting device including a base, a columnextending upwardly from said base and being adapted to extend beyond oneof the side edges of the material to be cut, a traveler slidably mountedupon said column, a hand piece secured adjacent one of the ends of saidtraveler and extending beyond the same, a supporting member securedadjacent the opposite end of said traveler, and also extending beyondthis end portion, and cutters associated with said supporting member anda shoulder forming a part of said member, and being disposed at a pointin line with the cut-ting contact of said cutters and means connectingsaid column with the material to be cut at a point adjacent the upperedge of the latter.

10. A material supporting and cutting device including a base, aplurality of rods having one of their ends secured to said base andextending upwardly therefrom, said rods being adapted to extend adjacentone face of the material to be out, meansfor securing said rods to saidmaterial, and a cutter movably carried by said rods.

HOCKLEY M. THOMAS. MARTIN FOGEL.

